USPTO Patents Application 10776141

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
www.uspto.gov

NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE

27123 7590 09/15/2006

MORGAN & FINNEGAN, L.L.P.
3 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
NEW YORK, NY 10281-2101

EXAMINER

FLEMING, FA YE M

ART UNIT

PAPER NUMBER

3616

DATE MAILED: 09/15/2006

j APPLICATION NO. j FILING DATE | FIRST NAMED INVENTOR j ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. | CONFIRMATION NO.

10/776,141 02/11/2004 Seigo Shimizu 5095-4084 3047

TITLE OF INVENTION: SWING MECHANISM FOR STEERING SHAFT IN THREE- WHEELED INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE

APPLN. TYPE SMALL ENTITY ISSUE FEE DUE PUBLICATION FEE DUE PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE TOTAL FEE(S) DUE DATE DUE

nonprovisional NO $1400 $300 $0 $1700 12/15/2006

THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIED ABOVE HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IS ALLOWED FOR ISSUANCE AS A PATENT,
PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS I§, CLOSED . THIS NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS.
THIS APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL FROM ISSUE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE OFFICE OR UPON
PETITION BY THE APPLICANT. SEE 37 CFR 1.313 AND MPEP 1308.

THE ISSUE FEE AND PUBLICATION FEE (IF REQUIRED) MUST BE PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS FROM THE
MAILING DATE OF THIS NOTICE OR THIS APPLICATION SHALL BE REGARDED AS ABANDONED. THIS
STATUTORY PERIOD CANNOT EE EXTENDED. SEE 35 U.S.C. 151. THE ISSUE FEE DUE INDICATED ABOVE DOES
NOT REFLECT A CREDIT FOR ANY PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE IN THIS APPLICATION. IF AN ISSUE FEE HAS
PREVIOUSLY BEEN PAID IN THIS APPLICATION (AS SHOWN ABOVE), THE RETURN OF PART B OF THIS FORM
WILL BE CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REAPPLY THE PREVIOUSLY PAID ISSUE FEE TOWARD THE ISSUE FEE NOW
DUE.

HOW TO REPLY TO THIS NOTICE:

I. Review the SMALL ENTITY status shown above.

If the SMALL ENTITY is shown as YES, verify your current
SMALL ENTITY status:

A. If the status is the same, pay the TOTAL FEE(S) DUE shown
above.

B. If the status above is to be removed, check box 5b on Part B -
Fee(s) Transmittal and pay the PUBLICATION FEE (if required)
and twice the amount of the ISSUE FEE shown above, or

If the SMALL ENTITY is shown as NO:

A. Pay TOTAL FEE(S) DUE shown above, or

B. If applicant claimed SMALL ENTITY status before, or is now
claiming SMALL ENTITY status, check box 5a on Part B - Fee(s)
Transmittal and pay the PUBLICATION FEE (if required) and 1/2
the ISSUE FEE shown above.

II. PART B - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL, or its equivalent, must be completed and returned to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) with your ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required). If you are charging the fee(s) to your deposit account, section "4b"
of Part B - Fee(s) Transmittal should be completed and an extra copy of the form should be submitted. If an equivalent of Part B is filed, a
request to reapply a previously paid issue fee must be clearly made, and delays in processing may occur due to the difficulty in recognizing
the paper as an equivalent of Part B.

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PARTB - FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL

Complete and send this form, together with applicable fee(s), to: Mail Mail Stop ISSUE FEE

Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
or Fax (571)-273-2885

INSTRUCTIONS: This form should be used for transmitting the ISSUE FEE and PUBLICATION FEE (if required). Blocks 1 through 5 should be completed where
appropriate. All further correspondence including the Patent, advance orders and notification of maintenance fees will be mailed to the current correspondence address as
indicated unless corrected below or directed otherwise in Block 1, by (a) specifying a new correspondence address; and/or (b) indicating a separate "FEE ADDRESS" for
maintenance fee notifications.

current correspondence address (Note: Use Block l for any change of address) Note: A certificate of mailing can only be used lor domestic mailings of the

Fee(s) Transmittal. This certificate cannot be used for any other accompanying

Eapers. Each additional paper, such as an assignment or formal drawing, must
ave its own certificate of mailing or transmission.

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Certificate of Mailing or Transmission

MORGAN & FINNEGAN, L.L.P. I hereby certify that this Fee(s) Transmittal is being deposited with the United

i \\rr\T>T t\ ctxt Axim a t r-CMTCD States Postal Service with sufficient postage for first class mail in an envelope

j WUKLU rliNAXNl^lAL CfcmHK addressed to the Mail Stop ISSUE FEE address above, or being facsimile

NEW YORK, NY 10281-2101 transmitted to the USPTO (571) 273-2885, on the date indicated below.

(Depositor's name)

(Signature)

(Date)

APPLICATION NO. j FILING DATE j FIRST NAMED INVENTOR

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. | CONFIRMATION NO.

10/776,141 02/11/2004 Seigo Shimizu 5095-4084 3047

TITLE OF INVENTION: SWING MECHANISM FOR STEERING SHAFT IN THREE-WHEELED INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE

APPLN. TYPE

SMALL ENTITY

ISSUE FEE DUE

PUBLICATION FEE DUE PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE TOTAL FEE(S) DUE

DATE DUE

nonprovisional

NO

$1400

$300

$0

$1700

12/15/2006

EXAMINER

ART UNIT

CLASS-SUBCLASS

FLEMING, FAYE M

3616

280-124111

1 . Change of correspondence address or indication of "Fee Address" (37
CFR1.J63).

Q Change of correspondence address (or Change of Correspondence
Address form PTO/SB/122) attached.

Q "Fee Address" indication (or "Fee Address" Indication form
PTO/SB/47; Rev 03-02 or more recent) attached. Use of a Customer
Number is required.

2. For printing on the patent front page, list

(1) the names of up to 3 registered patent attorneys
or agents OR, alternatively,

(2) the name of a single firm (having as a member a
registered attorney or agent) and the names of up to
2 registered patent attorneys or agents. If no name is
listed, no name will be printed.

3. ASSIGNEE NAME AND RESIDENCE DATA TO BE PRINTED ON THE PATENT (print or type)

PLEASE NOTE: Unless an assignee is identified below, no assignee data will appear on the patent. If an assignee is identified below, the document has been filed for
recordation as set forth in 37 CFR 3. 1 1 . Completion of this form is NOT a substitute for filing an assignment.

(A) NAME OF ASSIGNEE

(B) RESIDENCE: (CITY and STATE OR COUNTRY)

Please check the appropriate assignee category or categories (will not be printed on the patent) : Q Individual G Corporation or other private group entity Q Government

4a. The following fee(s) are submitted: 4b. Payment of Fee(s): (Please first reapply any previously paid issue fee shown above)

Q Issue Fee Q A check is enclosed. *

Q Publication Fee (No small entity discount permitted) Q Payment by credit card. Form PTO-2038 is attached.

Q Advance Order - # of Copies Q The Director is hereby authorized to charge the required feefs), any deficiency, or credit any

overpayment, to Deposit Account Number (enclose an extra copy of this form).

5. Change in Entity Status (from status indicated above)

□ a. Applicant claims SMALL ENTITY status. See 37 CFR 1 .27. □ b. Applicant is no longer claiming SMALL ENTITY status. See 37 CFR 1 .27(g)(2).

NOTE: The Issue Fee and Publication Fee (if required) will not be accepted from anyone other than the applicant; a registered attorney or agent; or the assignee or other party in
interest as shown by the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Authorized Signature Date

Typed or printed name Registration No.

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
www.uspto.gov

APPLICATION NO.

FILING DATE

FIRST NAMED INVENTOR

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.

10/776,141

02/1 1/2004

Seigo Shimizu

27123 7590 09/15/2006

MORGAN & FINNEGAN, L.L.P.
3 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
NEW YORK, NY 10281-2101

5095-4084

3047

EXAMINER

ART UNIT

FLEMING, FA YE M

1

PAPER NUMBER

3616

DATE MAILED: 09/15/2006

Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C 154 (b)

(application filed on or after May 29, 2000)

The Patent Term Adjustment to date is 522 day(s). If the issue fee is paid on the date that is three months after the
mailing date of this notice and the patent issues on the Tuesday before the date that is 28 weeks (six and a half
months) after the mailing date of this notice, the Patent Term Adjustment will be 522 day(s).

If a Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) was filed in the above-identified application, the filing date that
determines Patent Term Adjustment is the filing date of the most recent CPA.

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(PAIR) WEB site (http://pair.uspto.gov).

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Patent Legal Administration at (571)-272-7702. Questions relating to issue and publication fee payments should be
directed to the Customer Service Center of the Office of Patent Publication at l-(888)-786-0101 or
(571)-272-4200.

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